акша

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See also: ақша

Moksha

Etymology 1

Cognate with Erzya ашо (ašo); SKES 45a tentatively suggests a possible link with Finnish ahka, hahkea, haahkea , Estonian ahka (eider) , ahk (gray), Eastern Mari ошо, ошы (ošo, ošy), Southern Khanty аш (, white clay, chalk); UEW 3 suggests Proto-Uralic *ačka (white); Veršinin considers linking with Tatar ак (aq, white) impossible.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɑkʃɑ/

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Adjective

акша (akša)

  1. white

Etymology 2

Perhaps from a Turkic language, compare Bashkir аҡса (aqsa, money).

Noun

акша (akša)

  1. ruble (the currency of Russian Federation)
    • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ , Saransk, →ISBN
      рубль — акша, цалковай, рубль
      rubľ — akša , calkovaj, rubľ
      ruble — ruble, ruble, ruble
Declension
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
  2. ^ Veršinin, V. I. (2004) Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Joškar Ola, page 11

Further reading

  • Indefinite paradigm of акша (akša) in O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski , Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 18

Tuvan

Etymology

Cognate with Bashkir аҡса (aqsa, money), Kazakh ақша (aqşa, money), Turkish akçe (coin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɐ̰k̠.ʃɐ/, /ɐ̰ʃ.k̠ɐ/
  • (dialectal) IPA(key): /ɐ̰ʃ.x̠ɐ/

Noun

акша (akşa) (definite accusative акшаны, plural акшалар)

  1. money
  2. (by extension) ruble (national currency of Russia)